Current law allows an eligible school board to enter into a five-year renewable student achievement guarantee (SAGE) contract with DPI to reduce class size to 15 pupils in grades kindergarten to three in schools with specified low-income enrollment. Eligible schools receive $2,250 for each low-income pupil enrolled in grades eligible for SAGE funding. The most recent set of SAGE contracts expired at the end of the 2004-05 school year.
This bill authorizes a new installment of renewable, five-year SAGE contracts beginning in the 2008-09 school year. DPI is required to give priority in awarding new SAGE contracts to schools with the highest percentage of low-income pupils.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 118.43 (2) (bt) of the statutes is created to read:
118.43 (2) (bt) In the 2008-09 school year, the school board of an eligible school district may enter into a 5-year achievement guarantee contract with the department on behalf of one or more schools in the school district if the school board is not receiving a grant under the preschool to grade 5 program on behalf of the schools under s. 115.45. In awarding a contract under this paragraph, the department shall give priority to schools that have the highest percentage of low-income pupil enrollment.
SECTION 2. 118.43 (2) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
118.43 (2) (e) 1. If the school board of an eligible school district does not enter into an achievement guarantee contract with the department, a school board that has entered into such a contract, other than the school board of the school district operating under ch. 119, may apply to the department to enter into such a contract on behalf of one or more schools that meet the requirements under par. (b), (bg) or, (br), or (bt).
SECTION 3. 118.43 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.43 (2) (g) The department may renew an achievement guarantee contract under pars. (b), (bg), and (br), and (bt) for one or more terms of 5 school years. As a condition of receiving payments under a renewal of an achievement guarantee contract, a school board shall maintain the reduction of class size achieved during the last school year of the original achievement guarantee contract for the grades specified for the last school year of the contract.
SECTION 4. 118.43 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.43 (3) CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS. (intro.) Except as provided in pars. (am) and (ar), an An achievement guarantee contract shall require the school board to do all of the following in each participating school:
SECTION 5. 118.43 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.43 (3) (a) Class size. (intro.) Reduce For contracts that begin in the 1996-97 school year, reduce each class size to 15 in the following manner:
SECTION 6. 118.43 (3) (at) of the statutes is created to read:
118.43 (3) (at) Class size; additional contracts. For contracts that begin in the 2008-09 school year, reduce each class size to 15 in the following manner:
1. In the 2008-09 school year, in at least grades kindergarten and one.
2. In the 2009-10 school year, in at least grades kindergarten to 2.
3. In the 2010-11 to 2012-13 school years, in at least grades kindergarten to 3.
SECTION 7. 118.43 (6) (b) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:
118.43 (6) (b) 9. In the 2005-06 and 2006-07 school years, $2,000 multiplied by the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades eligible for funding in each school in the school district covered by renewals of contracts under sub. (2) (g); and in the 2007-08 school year and any subsequent school year, $2,250 multiplied by the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades eligible for funding in each school in the school district covered by renewals of contracts under sub. (2) (g).
SECTION 8. 118.43 (6) (b) 10. of the statutes is created to read:
118.43 (6) (b) 10. In the 2008-09 school year, $2,250 multiplied by the number of low-income pupils enrolled in grades eligible for funding in each school in the school district covered by contracts under sub. (3) (at) and by renewals of contracts under sub. (2) (g).
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LRB-0472LRB-0472/3
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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Fath, BB0103 - Driver education aid for MPS low income pupils
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Primary and secondary education
This bill creates a new aid program, paid for from the transportation fund, to subsidize the cost of driver education classes for eligible pupils enrolled in the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS). Under the bill, MPS must reduce by $150 the fee for each pupil who enrolls in a driver education program offered by the school district and who meets income eligibility standards for a free or reduced lunch plan. MPS is eligible for the aid if the pupil successfully completes the driver education program. Under the bill, DPI reimburses MPS $150 per eligible pupil or a prorated amount if the number of eligible pupils exceeds the amount of aid available.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.255 (2) (qm) of the statutes is created to read:
20.255 (2) (qm) Driver education; assistance to eligible pupils. Notwithstanding s. 25.40 (3) (b), from the transportation fund, the amounts in the schedule for aid to the school district operating under ch. 119 for driver education assistance under s. 121.41 (2). No funds may be encumbered under this paragraph after June 30, 2011.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 121.41 of the statutes is renumbered 121.41 (1).
SECTION 3. 121.41 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
121.41 (2) (a) In this subsection, "eligible pupil" means a pupil who satisfied all of the following criteria in the previous school year:
1. The pupil met the income eligibility standard for a free or reduced-price lunch in the federal school lunch program under 42 USC 1758 (b).
2. The pupil enrolled in and successfully completed a driver education program offered by the school district and approved by the department.
(b) Annually, beginning in the 2007-08 school year, the school board of the school district operating under ch. 119 shall reduce the fee for driver education by $150 for each pupil who meets the income eligibility standard for a free or reduced-price lunch in the federal school lunch program under 42 USC 1758 (b) and who enrolls in a driver education program offered by the school district and approved by the department.
(c) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (qm), beginning in the 2008-09 school year and annually thereafter, the department shall pay to the school district operating under ch. 119 an amount determined as follows:
1. Divide the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (qm) by the number of eligible pupils.
2. Multiply the number of eligible pupils by the quotient under subd. 1. or by $150, whichever is less.
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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Fath, BB0108 - Precollege scholarship program
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Primary and secondary education
Current statutes direct DPI to award precollege scholarships to minority pupils who enroll in college classes or programs designed to improve academic skills that are essential for success in postsecondary school education.
In November 2004, DPI reached an agreement with the Office of Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education to award the scholarships to pupils who, regardless of race, are eligible for a free or reduced-price lunch under the federal School Lunch Program. This bill modifies the statutes to conform to this agreement.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.255 (3) (fz) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.255 (3) (fz) Minority group pupil Precollege scholarships. The amounts in the schedule for the payment of minority group pupil precollege scholarships under s. 115.43.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 115.28 (23) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.28 (23) (d) The minority group pupil precollege scholarship program under s. 115.43.
SECTION 3. 115.43 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.43 (title) Minority group pupil Precollege scholarships.
SECTION 4. 115.43 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.43 (1) DEFINITION. In this section, "minority group economically disadvantaged pupil" means a pupil who is Black or African American, Hispanic, American Indian, an Alaskan native, or a person of Asian or Pacific Island origin eligible for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b).
SECTION 5. 115.43 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.43 (2) (a) Annually set goals relating to increasing the percentages of minority group economically disadvantaged pupils who graduate from high school and are prepared for postsecondary school education.
SECTION 6. 115.43 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.43 (2) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (fz), award precollege scholarships, on a competitive basis, to minority group economically disadvantaged pupils who enroll in a technical college or in college or university classes or programs designed to improve academic skills that are essential for success in postsecondary school education. The state superintendent shall give preference to minority group economically disadvantaged pupils who are inadequately represented in the technical college and University of Wisconsin Systems.
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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Fath, BB0099 - Newsline for the Blind
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Education
Primary and secondary education
This bill appropriates money from the universal service fund (USF) to DPI for the Newsline for the Blind, provided by the Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Currently, money in the USF is appropriated to the PSC and then transferred to DPI for the Newsline for the Blind.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.255 (3) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.255 (3) (q) (title) Periodical and reference information databases; Newsline for the Blind. From the universal service fund, the amounts in the schedule for the Newsline for the Blind, provided by the Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, and to contract for periodical and reference information databases under s. 115.28 (26).
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
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LRB-0484LRB-0484/3
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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Harshner, BB0114 - W-2 paid placements for pregnant women with no children and custodial parent eligibility
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
